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‘Falsely published lies’: Judges deny Fox News’ attempt to silence voting tech firm’s defamation case

Author:     Maya Boddie
Source:     AlterNet
Publication Date:     February 15, 2023
 Link: ‘Falsely published lies’: Judges deny Fox News’ attempt to silence voting tech firm’s defamation case
Stephan:  

I think this Dominion lawsuit against Fox is a very big deal, and not just in the billion-dollar sum involved. It is going to have all kinds of legal and social implications.  Note that the suit has been advanced just as the dissemination of disinformation in the culture has also come to a crisis level. 

Fox propagandist Jeanine Pirro Credit: Wikimedia

Judges on New York Supreme Court Appellate Court ruled against Fox News’ attempt to end a $2.7 billion defamation case brought against the network by voting technology company Smartmatic, Associated Press (AP) reports.

Smartmatic sued Fox News hosts Maria Bartiromo and Jeanine Pirro, former host Lou Dobbs and former President Donald Trump attorneys Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell in 2021 “falsely [accusing] the company of helping rig the U.S. presidential election in favor of Democrat Joe Biden,” Reuters reported.

Per AP, Powell was excused from the case “because she doesn’t have ties to New York, where the case was filed,” but the judges did find “’significant allegations” that attorneys Guiliani and Powell maligned the voting-tech firm.

READ MORE: Fox News’ attempt to shut down Dominion’s defamation lawsuit fails

The right-leaning news network argues it exercised its First Amendment right to free speech by claiming “it was informing the public about newsworthy, if controversial, claims from an important figure about a matter of public concern.”

However, the […]

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